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Jacqui Smith to ban 'legal high' drugs
The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to ban two "legal highs" and a range of anabolic steroids in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.The Home Office published ...Smith rejects advice to downgrade ecstasy
... credibility of the official system of drugs classification suffered a fresh blow yesterday after the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, again vetoed a key recommendation from her ...Scientists attack plan to upgrade cannabis
... and MPs in a letter to the Guardian today.The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, intends to move cannabis from class C to class B, where it will sit alongside amphetamines, such as ...Old as you want to be: Study finds most seniors feel younger
... also showed relatively high levels of satisfaction with aging over the time period studied," said Jacqui Smith, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). Smith ...Government clashes again with its own drug advisers about downgrading ecstasy
... The advisory council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD) is expected to urge the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, to remove ecstasy from the class A category comprising the most dangerous drugs, following an ...Innocent to be kept on DNA database
... DNA databaseto be put forward tomorrow by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, include plans to keep the DNA profiles of innocent people who are arrested but not convicted of minor offences for ...Ban considered for Spice Gold, herbal high as strong as some skunk cannabis
• Smoking mixture found to have synthetic additives• Debate follows Jacqui Smith order to examine 'legal highs'The government's drug advisers are to consider next week whether to ban ...Government watchdog considers ban on IQ booster drugs
... field" should be regulated. Just before she stepped down from office, the previous home secretary, Jacqui Smith, asked the advisory council to assess the harm – including ...Don't alienate your advisers, chief scientist tells ministers
... into a public row in February when the former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, vetoed recommendations from her own drug advisers to downgrade ecstasy from its class A status. A ...
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